My Name is
Emanuel
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain-climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old. Emanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Emanuel is now a very bright young man. He continues to be a serious student who works hard. Emanuel also plays on the Rafiki tennis team and enjoys competing. He continues to learn to trust in Jesus, and he enjoys learning about Christ's second coming. Emanuel says that he is thankful that "God saw him and brought him to Rafiki" as a young child.
DOB: Dec 12, 2006
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died within two months of his birth, and his father remains unknown.
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.